Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Illinois House Votes Again, Raises Tobacco Age
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois may raise the age to buy cigarettes or other tobacco products after all. The Illinois House voted again Wednesday night to raise the age to buy tobacco to 21-years-old. A...
May 31, 2018 Julie / CC

Illinois Lawmakers Inch Closer To State Budget
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers are one vote away from a new state budget. The Illinois Senate last night overwhelmingly approved the 38-and-a-half-billion-dollar spending plan. Both Republica...
May 31, 2018 Pictures of Money / CC
Sports News 5/31/18
>>Cardinals Clipped By Brewers (Milwaukee, WI) -- The Cardinals gave up two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and lost 3-2 to the Brewers in Milwaukee. Harrison Bader homered and Tommy Ph...
May 31, 2018

Felony Charges For Macomb Pet Shop Owner
(Macomb, IL) -- A former pet shop owner is looking at the possibility of three years in prison after police say she left dozens of animals to die in her abandoned store. McDonough County Prosecutors T...
May 30, 2018

Illinois Takes Second Chance At State Gun Regulations
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers are trying again to get involved with gun dealers in the state. The Illinois House Tuesday approved a plan that they say will impose regulations on local gun de...
May 30, 2018 Emily Allen / CC

CDC Report Finds Traces Of Legionella Bacteria At Quincy Home
(Quincy, IL) -- There are still traces of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease at the Quincy veterans home. The CDC released its latest report Tuesday that said inspectors found one sample o...
May 30, 2018 Eugene Zemlyanskiy / CC

Illinois House Votes Down Tobacco 21 Plan
(Springfield, IL) -- It doesn't look like Illinois will be raising the age to buy tobacco products this year. The Illinois House Tuesday night voted against a proposal to hike the age to buy cigarette...
May 30, 2018 Kari Söderholm / CC
Sports News 5/30/18
>>Cardinals Cruise Past Brewers After Four-Run Second (Milwaukee, WI) -- Jedd Gyorko's [[ JERK-oh's ]] two-run single capped a four-run second inning and the Cardinals went on to beat the Brewer...
May 30, 2018

Springfield's Lincoln Presidential Museum Voted Illinois' Best
(Springfield, IL) -- Abraham Lincoln's presidential museum is the state's best. Illinois' bicentennial best-of voters last week picked the museum in Springfield as the top museum on the state's Top 20...
May 29, 2018

Illinois' Latest Gambling Expansion Stalls At Statehouse
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' latest gambling expansion is on hold at the statehouse. Lawmakers Monday made the pitch to create six new casinos in the state and put slot machines at racetracks. But a...
May 29, 2018 Cliff / CC






